- "I worked really hard on technique and
form, and getting all the little things right. I’m just working on a little bit
every day to get a little bit better. I worked with a lot of coaches this
summer to work on my technique, and my technique showed in the game."

2. For the first time, wide receiver DeAndrew White addressed the April incident on The Strip that sent him to the hospital with a concussion and prevented him from going to the White House.

- "I was at the wrong place at the wrong time. I just should have been in the bed."

3. Saban has relentlessly enforced the NCAA's new helmet rule.

- "He wants us
to stay on the field," safety HaHa Clinton-Dix said. "If your helmet comes off, you have to come off for a play,
and he doesn’t want the rule to force a player to come out for a play in case
something goes wrong. He’s on it very tight."

4. Safety Robert Lester was the latest to dole out high praise for Western Kentucky.

- "Very intelligent offense. Run a lot of shifts
and motions and you gotta be on your P’s and Q’s to be ready for it. You don’t
want to be hesitant in the secondary not knowing what you're going to or what
you're about to go to you know, formation to boundaries, so I mean they do a lot
of things to get our guys out of position."

5. Western Kentucky linebacker Andrew Jackson has Saban's attention.

- "I think he's a really good player. He's a thumper, he's very
instinctive. He really plays the run well and is very physical. He can
take on blockers, he's a really good tackler. I think he's an SEC
player, no doubt. He really plays the game the way you like to see
defensive players play it. A lot of toughness, a lot of tenacity, and
really plays hard. I would think he's a good leader, just by the way he
plays, but I don't know him personally. I've got a lot of respect for
the guy."